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"I'll handle this."
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dad, dads, family, family, handle, handles, handling, manage, manages, managing, rocket, rockets, satellite, satellites, space shuttle, space shuttles, de-orbit, burn, burns, burning, return, returns, returning, fall, falls, falling, land, lands, landing, situation, situations, martyr, martyrs, superhero, superheros, save the day"The only problem I see here is that most of us plan to be out of here in three years."
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board, boards, board meeting, board meetings, plan, plans, business plan, business plans, long term plan, long-term plans, 5 year, 5 years, 5 year plans, leave, leaves, leaving, three years, finish, finsihing, finished, retire, retires, retiring, sign, signs, oversee, overseeing, issue, issues, gone, old, retirement, pensioner, pensioners, pension, progress, see progress, manage, managing"I sleep poorly anyway, so you might as well put me in high-risk investments."
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finance, financial planner, financial planners, financial advisor, financial advisors, sleep, sleeps, sleeping, poorly, sleep poorly, invest, invests, investing, investment, investments, high-risk, high-risk investment, high-risk investments, anxious, anxiety, high anxiety, stress, stressful, stressed out, lifestyle, lifestyles, cope, copes, coping, manage, manages, managing'Mind you, I'm not responsible for the entire pipeline ?' just the section that flows through my office.'
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oil, responsible, pipeline, accountability, accident, leaks, security, assurance, manage, control, safety, managers, boss, bosses, management, managements, oils, oil spill, oil spills, scapegoat, scapegoats, pipelines, gas, petrol, petroleum, talmadge creek, enbridge"All this namby pamby nonsense about stress...I've been stressed for YEARS and it's never done ME any harm... " "But you're only 25!"
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stress, stressed, stressful living, sexist, sexists, glass ceiling, overwork, working hours, management, manage, anxiety, workaholic, workaholics, worker, workers, employer, employers, employee, employees, boss, bosses, ceo, ceos"Didn't you used to manage our mutual fund?"
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robbed, rob, robbery, robbers, daylight robbery, armed robbery, armed robber, burglar, burglary, gun, guns, gunman, gunmen, stick em up, stick 'em up, crime, criminal, criminals, image gag, pun, play on words, word play, word-play, technical, technically, technicality, heist, heists, invert, inverted, wait a minute, hobo, bum, bums, violence, street, street crime, deadpan, dead pan, mug, mugged, mugging, economic, economy, economic crash, financial crash, market crash, mutual fund, mutual funds, manage, stock, stocks, stock broker, stock brokers, recognize, recognise'Nobody?! Well, since we're all stuck in traffic, we may as well do this by conference call.'
"Actually we were hoping you'd encourage a more conciliatory approach to conflict management."
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conflict management, conflict, arbitration, arbitrate, management, manage, manager, arbitration, office politics, worker, workers, working, works, stress, job stress, work, tension, stressed'I'm worried that unless we implement rigid protocols to maximise client gratification within acceptable cost/benefit parameters to ensure enhanced margins then we're in danger of missing the point of what christmas is all about.'
"Our parent company wants us to be in bed by ten."
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company, companies, parent company, parent companies, subsidiary, subsidiaries, control, controls, controlling, manage, managing, management, influencing, influence, parent, parents, parenting, children, bedtime, look after, looking after, look out for, looking out for, command, commanding, power, authority, authorise, authorising'Before the system upgrade we were going nowhere. Now we're going nowhere fast.'
"Seth, here, is one of the best young creative compromisers in the business."
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hollywood, creative, creatives, compromise, compromising, management, managing, compose, composers, word play, play on words, producer, producers, executive, executives, executive, manage, managers, agent, agents, businesses, expert, experts, cynical, upstart, upstarts'And I'll keep raising the bar until someone comes up with a better business metaphor.'
"Well your client feedback is very positive, 90% judged you excellent,5% exceptionally good and the remaining 5% want to have your children."
"The company lacks leadership, we need to think about the possibility of setting up a policy group to look at the option of a sub-committee to prepare a discussion paper on the problem."
Work life balance - "Tonight we're going to read about how Spiderman got the firms quarterly VAT returns in on time."
Target setting.
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target setting, target, setting targets, targets, number, numbers, work, works, worker, workers, working, staff, staffing, manager, management, manage, meeting, bureaucracy, bureaucratic"We can't call it restructuring,we did that in '99 and '2002..." "And we used 'reorganisation' in 2000 and 2003." "What about 'strategic reorientation' We haven't done that since 2004."
"That's Karl, before he was purchased by the Chinese."
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international business, international businesses, internationalisation, internationalization, international, international travel, globalization, globalisation, business, businesses, businessman, manage, manager, managers, managed, management, employer, employers, employee, employees, travel for business, business trip, relocate, relocate for work, relocation, business travel, relationship, relationships, marriage, marriages, marry, married, long distance, long distance relationship, long distance relationships, outsource, outsourcing, foreign, corporate, corporate company, company, companies, corporation, corporations, globalism, merger, mergers, buyout, buyouts, buying out, bought out, sellout, sellouts, sold out